Comments on: Taormina – Day Two http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2019/10/19/taormina-day-two/ Random thoughts and photos of my journey through life… Sat, 02 May 2026 21:44:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: CherryPie http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2019/10/19/taormina-day-two/comment-page-1/#comment-61506 CherryPie Tue, 29 Oct 2019 00:26:26 +0000 http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=22359#comment-61506 Thank you so much for your kind words about my photos and words :-) Thank you so much for your kind words about my photos and words :-)

]]> By: shabana http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2019/10/19/taormina-day-two/comment-page-1/#comment-61490 shabana Mon, 28 Oct 2019 06:37:07 +0000 http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=22359#comment-61490 wow such spectacular images dear Cheri :) i loved each !!! lady at board seems to be bit talkative for you :) your timing for arrival images is just perfect ,they make me felt as if i was there with you :) wow such spectacular images dear Cheri :)
i loved each !!!

lady at board seems to be bit talkative for you :)

your timing for arrival images is just perfect ,they make me felt as if i was there with you :)

]]> By: CherryPie http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2019/10/19/taormina-day-two/comment-page-1/#comment-61411 CherryPie Mon, 21 Oct 2019 23:55:06 +0000 http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=22359#comment-61411 Oh and where I took the photos from was up high rather then in a valley or lowland area ;-) Oh and where I took the photos from was up high rather then in a valley or lowland area ;-)

]]> By: CherryPie http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2019/10/19/taormina-day-two/comment-page-1/#comment-61410 CherryPie Mon, 21 Oct 2019 23:53:48 +0000 http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=22359#comment-61410 Vesuvius is quite a different proposition... Etna is very active (small eruptions and lava flows) but to some extent predictable. The lava that flows is sticky rather than runny meaning the flows are slow. Low risk to human life unless Etna changes its current nature. Vesuvius is still active but quite unpredictable, a sleeping giant. Vesuvius is monitored closely but no-one knows when it will next erupt or the nature of the substance that will erupt. There is a great worry about increasing housing development on this volcano with the potential risk to human life. When she blows she blows far and fast. Vesuvius is quite a different proposition…

Etna is very active (small eruptions and lava flows) but to some extent predictable. The lava that flows is sticky rather than runny meaning the flows are slow. Low risk to human life unless Etna changes its current nature.

Vesuvius is still active but quite unpredictable, a sleeping giant. Vesuvius is monitored closely but no-one knows when it will next erupt or the nature of the substance that will erupt. There is a great worry about increasing housing development on this volcano with the potential risk to human life. When she blows she blows far and fast.

]]> By: Andrew http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2019/10/19/taormina-day-two/comment-page-1/#comment-61409 Andrew Mon, 21 Oct 2019 22:38:34 +0000 http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=22359#comment-61409 That may be what the people of Pompei said about Vesuvius That may be what the people of Pompei said about Vesuvius

]]> By: CherryPie http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2019/10/19/taormina-day-two/comment-page-1/#comment-61394 CherryPie Mon, 21 Oct 2019 00:10:04 +0000 http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=22359#comment-61394 Thanks Jan :-) Thanks Jan :-)

]]> By: CherryPie http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2019/10/19/taormina-day-two/comment-page-1/#comment-61393 CherryPie Mon, 21 Oct 2019 00:09:42 +0000 http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=22359#comment-61393 I don't really know about the property prices. Although Etna is active the area is managed and currently when the lava flows it is thick and doesn't flow very fast and there are ways of diverting the flow. The seismic activity in the area is potentially more of a problem (according to what we were told on our visit). I don’t really know about the property prices. Although Etna is active the area is managed and currently when the lava flows it is thick and doesn’t flow very fast and there are ways of diverting the flow. The seismic activity in the area is potentially more of a problem (according to what we were told on our visit).

]]> By: CherryPie http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2019/10/19/taormina-day-two/comment-page-1/#comment-61392 CherryPie Mon, 21 Oct 2019 00:06:39 +0000 http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=22359#comment-61392 We ate in some amazing restaurants, a different one every evening. I quite agree with you about the cruise ships. Firstly they looked quite ugly docked in the beautiful bay below Taormina and then as you say the main street was full of crocodiles of tour parties even at the end of the tourist season. Our earlier morning walks were the best :-) I have never really fancied the idea of a cruise holiday and seeing exactly how they operate has confirmed that I never want to go on one. There is no chance to linger a while to experience a place, its culture and its history. On a whistlestop tour you see many things but experience none of them. That is just my opinion ;-) We ate in some amazing restaurants, a different one every evening.

I quite agree with you about the cruise ships. Firstly they looked quite ugly docked in the beautiful bay below Taormina and then as you say the main street was full of crocodiles of tour parties even at the end of the tourist season. Our earlier morning walks were the best :-)

I have never really fancied the idea of a cruise holiday and seeing exactly how they operate has confirmed that I never want to go on one. There is no chance to linger a while to experience a place, its culture and its history. On a whistlestop tour you see many things but experience none of them.

That is just my opinion ;-)

]]> By: CherryPie http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2019/10/19/taormina-day-two/comment-page-1/#comment-61391 CherryPie Sun, 20 Oct 2019 23:51:02 +0000 http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=22359#comment-61391 Etna wasn't near enough to be worrying. Etna wasn’t near enough to be worrying.

]]> By: CherryPie http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/index.php/2019/10/19/taormina-day-two/comment-page-1/#comment-61390 CherryPie Sun, 20 Oct 2019 23:50:39 +0000 http://www.cheriesplace.me.uk/blog/?p=22359#comment-61390 Hi Anne, it is lovely to hear from you :-) I checked out your Etna posts :-) I didn't go to the top but stopped at the lower level and went for a short walk there. Hi Anne, it is lovely to hear from you :-)

I checked out your Etna posts :-) I didn’t go to the top but stopped at the lower level and went for a short walk there.

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